President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the immediate arrest of Prince George Buchi Nwabueze and ordered the suspension of three permanent secretaries following the discovery of yet another fraudulent agency operating within the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF).
The suspended officials are M.S. Danjuma, Nadungu Gagare, and Richard P. Pheelangwah.
Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Aliyu, SAN, disclosed the development to State House correspondents on Friday after briefing the President for the second time in two days.
Aliyu revealed that the newly uncovered entity, operating under the name National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office, had been illegally allocated office space within the OSGF premises without presidential authorization. He identified Nwabueze as the promoter of the fake agency, noting that he operated under multiple aliases, including George Nathan, Honourable George Buchi Nwabueze, and Prince George Buchi Nwabueze.
“The fake agency office was promoted by one George Buchi Nwabueze, with suspected collaborators in the OSGF, contrary to extant laws and without authorisation of the President,” Aliyu stated.
The ICPC chairman confirmed that the Commission had engaged the OSGF to gather vital information and had comprehensively briefed the President on the findings.
Friday’s directive follows earlier revelations of other fictitious bodies, including the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), whose self-styled Director-General, Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, is currently facing prosecution for forgery and impersonation.
The ICPC’s interim report submitted on August 6 had also exposed two additional fake entities—the FCT Investment Promotion Agency and the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency and Public-Private Partnership.
With the latest discovery, the National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office becomes the fourth fake agency uncovered since April, underscoring what officials describe as systemic weaknesses in the public service and the urgent need for reforms.
